Tanner Swanson, James Robertson and Chett Gehrke will try to
remain atop respective USAC Ford Focus Series standings this weekend as
the Carolina series visits Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway and the Midwest
and Indiana series conclude at the Anderson (IN) Speedway.

Swanson holds a 27-point lead over Michael Sboro in the
Carolina Series presented by the Richard Petty Driving Experience, while
Robertson leads Gehrke by just four points in the Midwest standings and
Gehrke's lead in the Indiana series is 18 over Eric Fehrman. The
Anderson events, with preliminaries Saturday and features Sunday
afternoon, will determine 2007 champions in both the Midwest and Indiana
series. The Hickory program unfolds Saturday and Sunday at the .363-mile
paved oval.

Gehrke, of Broken Arrow, Okla., won Friday's 25-lap Midwest
feature at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway, passing Robertson on lap 18 and
leading the final eight laps in his Indy Performance Composites/Scooter
Ellis Rentals Beast. Robertson finished second ahead of Alison MacLeod,
Mitch Harble and Tyler Irwin. Ronnie Wuerdeman led the first 16 laps,
before Robertson led lap 17.

Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. passed Ricky Kirkbride
on lap 19 and led the final two laps to win Saturday's 20-lap California
Dirt Series feature at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway in his Beast.
Kirkbride led the first 18 laps and finished second ahead of Walt
Johnson, Nick Carlson and Dennis Howell. The California Dirt series
resumes October 20 at Ventura.